diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_channels.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_channels.c
index 5b71f8a03a6d5..bb48a139dd158 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_channels.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_channels.c
@@ -892,18 +892,20 @@ int efx_set_channels(struct efx_nic *efx)
 			if (efx_channel_is_xdp_tx(channel)) {
 				efx_for_each_channel_tx_queue(tx_queue, channel) {
 					tx_queue->queue = next_queue++;
-					netif_dbg(efx, drv, efx->net_dev, "Channel %u TXQ %u is XDP %u, HW %u\n",
-						  channel->channel, tx_queue->label,
-						  xdp_queue_number, tx_queue->queue);
+
 					/* We may have a few left-over XDP TX
 					 * queues owing to xdp_tx_queue_count
 					 * not dividing evenly by EFX_MAX_TXQ_PER_CHANNEL.
 					 * We still allocate and probe those
 					 * TXQs, but never use them.
 					 */
-					if (xdp_queue_number < efx->xdp_tx_queue_count)
+					if (xdp_queue_number < efx->xdp_tx_queue_count) {
+						netif_dbg(efx, drv, efx->net_dev, "Channel %u TXQ %u is XDP %u, HW %u\n",
+							  channel->channel, tx_queue->label,
+							  xdp_queue_number, tx_queue->queue);
 						efx->xdp_tx_queues[xdp_queue_number] = tx_queue;
-					xdp_queue_number++;
+						xdp_queue_number++;
+					}
 				}
 			} else {
 				efx_for_each_channel_tx_queue(tx_queue, channel) {
@@ -915,8 +917,7 @@ int efx_set_channels(struct efx_nic *efx)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if (xdp_queue_number)
-		efx->xdp_tx_queue_count = xdp_queue_number;
+	WARN_ON(xdp_queue_number != efx->xdp_tx_queue_count);
 
 	rc = netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(efx->net_dev, efx->n_tx_channels);
 	if (rc)